Friday, October 20, 2006

Blogtoberfest: Let the link orgy begin

Last night, I attended Blogtoberfest with Lisa and Meg. In a nutshell (I can never not think of Austin Powers when I use that phrase), a bunch of Boston area bloggers got together at Match to meet each other offline, and fun times ensued. Most of the blogs that I read regularly are not local, so I was a tad anxious that it would be this big clique of people who read each others blogs and I would be left alone, crying into my gin and tonic, and that's exactly what happened. No, just kidding. Everyone was really friendly, and it was nice to go out a bar and hear people chat about their blogs instead of the usual "So, what do you do? I work at Insert Big Financial Company or Consulting Firm Here." I met a ton of people, like the fabulous organizer Jenny (thanks!), Hooker, Jaynie, Tom, David, Abby, and Alyssa. And a bunch of other people I can't remember. I also met a trio of podcasters: John, Frank, and Karen from Rumor Girls, who were so entertaining I might have to check out this whole podcast thing.

The question of the night was "So, what do you blog about?" and I should have been able to come up with a better answer than "Um, I don't know, stuff. Nothing, actually." but I didn't. Oh well. I did tell a few people that I worked with anthrax, which I generally avoid mentioning for obvious reasons. And I told Nathan that I was one of the undead and my image could never be captured on film. Why am I so weird?

Blogtoberfest was a lot of fun, and I am looking forward to reading the recaps and looking at photos from the event on everyone else's blog. Thanks again to Jenny for organizing, and I hope we do it again sometime!

9 comments:

I said the same thing. I was a little worried, too... like blogs with themes are better than blogs without themes. I think a lot of us spend all day with our chosen "theme", and when it's on our watch, we write about whatever we want. IN YOUR FACE, themes!!